Improvement in bobbin and thread-holder for spinning-machines



te W THOMAS L1.' Lenses, OF OLNEY,y ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOBBIN AND THREAD-HOLDER FOR SPINNING-MACHINZEIS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all lwhom 'it may concern V Be it known that I, THOMAS L. LUDnns, of Olney, in the county` of Richland, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Bobbin and Thread-Holder for Spinning-liachines:I and I do hereby declare the -following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, sufficient to enable Others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of lthis speci ication, and in which- Figures l and 2 are side elevations of spinning-machine spindles, with my invention applied.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the bobbin detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the three figures.

In thawing out and twisting a thread, yarn, or slubbing, it is customary to wrap the. end of the same upon the spindle below the bobbin, which process isattepded with loss and waste, by reason of the breaking of the wrapped end. l p

The object of this invention is to secure the bobbin in Vplace. upon the spindle, and fasten the end of the thread, yarn, or slubbing to said bobbin, without incurring the above-mentioned loss and waste; and to this end the. invention consists` in the application to the spindle of a peculiar bobbin and tlnead-holder, the same consisting of apieeeof elastic wire, coiled tightly upon and so as to rotate with the spindle, and terminating in two salient arms, which grasp the bobbin, and cause it to rotate with the spindle, and which, at the same time, constitutea means for fastening or detaining the end of the thread or slubbing while being Y drawn out and twisted, and yet permit said detained end to be .freely detached without breaking when the bobbin is taken of.

, In the drawings.- jA represents the bobbin and thread-holder, which is secured in proper position upon the spindle C to hold and support the bobbin B, as shown in fig. 1. The device Ais a piece of elastic wire,\vrapped sutciently tight around the spindle to rot-ate therewith, and carry the bobbin with it. The arms a a, in which the wire terminates, are bent outward at the end, in Order to readily admit Jthe head B' of the bobbin, and yet adapt said arms to tightly grasp said head, when the latter' is fairly introduced between them. The end of the thread b, intended tovbe drawn out. and twisted, may

be applied to either of the elastic arms u a., in the manner shown in iig. 1, and the arm willhold the thread rmly until the bobbin is taken ofi" the spind1e, when the thread readily slips over the end of the arm a.

The superiority of this method over the old one will be obwioustorthose familiar with the business. It not only prevents waste, but enables the work to be performed with greater facility.

l am aware that a wire has been coiled around the spindle,.with its upward-projecting end occupying a' notch in the head of the bobbin, to cause the latter to rotate with the spindle; therefore I disclaim such device.

Having described my invention,

"hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The coiled wire-holder A, having outwardly-curved arms a a, constructed as described, combined with the spindle and the bobbin, and servingr as a holder for the bobbin and for the thread, as set forth.

To the above, I have signed my name, on the ist day of May, 1868.

THOS. L. LUDERS.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. ARMSTRONG, E. KITCHELL. 

